Quality Payment Program year two: Information to help you succeed in 2018

摘要

The Medicare Access and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 repealed the flawed sustainable growth rate formula used to adjust physician reimbursement for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries and called for the establishment of a new payment system that emphasizes value over volume. In response to this charge, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the Quality Payment Program (QPP), which offers two tracks for provider participation: the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (A-APMs). In the early years of the QPP, most surgeons will participate via the MIPS pathway.